Seduced by Madness

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"Seduced by Madness" is the true story of how Susan and Felix Polk met, married, raised a family and ultimately ended up murdered (Felix) and on trial for murder (Susan). Aside from the murder itself, the craziest part of this story was the trial, which is why I am so disappointed as to how the author handled that (large) portion of the book.4/5().

Look, this is a good book, but I wish the authors of these books and their editors would stop with the lurid, faux-Ripley's Believe it or Not, Piranhas-ripped-my-flesh sorts of titles.

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The Madness of a Seduced Woman book. Read 86 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Agnes is on her way to Montpelier, when she sees a y /5. Seduced by Madness is the remarkably compelling, profoundly disturbing true story of the severe dysfunction of an affluent American family, as told by the leading journalist who worked the case.

It is a spellbinding re-creation of a troubled life, a marriage, a murder, and a terrifying, inexorable descent into madness. With Ann-Margret, Peter Coyote, Leslie Hope, Christian Campbell. True crime story of a Wisconsin teacher's aide who hired teenaged students to /10().

Seduced by Madness is the remarkably compelling, profoundly disturbing true story of the severe dysfunction of an affluent American family, as told by the leading journalist who worked the case. It is a spellbinding re-creation of a troubled life, a marriage, a murder, and a terrifying, inexorable descent into madness/5(4).

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Today’s guest review comes from author K.Z. Snow’s myspace profile indicates that she is a year old woman from Wisconsin and from this guest review, appears to love Susan Fromberg Schaeffer’s The Madness of a Seduced Woman (Plume).

(All direct quotes from the. Now in Seduced by Madness, Carol Pogash—the leading journalist working the case—has written the definitive account of the Polk family saga, offering a rich and textured re-creation of this disturbing and tragic American tale.

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In, Seduced by Madness, Carol Pogash makes it clear just how dangerous it can be to be attracted to madness--it can kill you. I am now soothing myself by reading "Mistakes Were Made" by Tavris and Aronson.

A serious book, it offers documented and helpful explinations of "why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions and hurtful acts."5/5(5).

Seduced by Madness A very long (1,+ ePages), compelling, excellent book that I read straight through. It's the saddest story of the inevitable consequences of a therapist having a personal relationship with a patient.

Heartbreaking. I /5(34). Carol Pogash giving a riveting talk about her new book Seduced by Madness: The True Story of The Susan Polk Murder Case. Now in Seduced by Madness, Carol Pogash—the leading journalist working the case—has written the definitive account of the Polk family saga, offering a rich and textured re-creation of this disturbing and tragic American tale.

Examining the decadent culture of California in the s, Pogash looks at how, in this period of drugs and sexual /5(3). I'm giving this book 3 stars because the beginning/background story was really interesting, but the second part of the book that covered the trial was just awful.

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Recounts the murder case in which Susan Polk was tried and convicted in the stabbing death of her husband and former therapist, Dr. Felix Polk, detailing Polk's relationship with her husband, which began when she was a d by Madness/5(2).

Seduced by Madness: The True Story of the Susan Polk Murder Case by Carol Pogash As depicted in Pogash's book, Susan Polk was a shy teenager with few friends when she met her future husband Author: Popmatters Staff. Seduced by Madness: The True Story of the Susan Polk Murder Case Carol Pogash, Author.

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